ERISA Litigation Calculus
Attorney Stephen Rosenberg, creator of the Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog, provides some interesting thoughts about legal trends. Citing yours truly about the surge in pension lawsuits, Rosenberg offers that courts will struggle with "new issues, or old issues under new fact patterns" with sheer numbers urging the judiciary to clarify. He adds that a pronounced switch from defined benefit plans to 401(k) offerings is likely to drive complaints, with plan participants demanding to know more about those individuals in charge of design and investment selection. Click here to read "ERISA Number of Suits + Questionable Practices = X" (posted on October 10, 2007) and other analyses by this prolific writer.
